Alumni
Alumni are our ambassadors and we endeavour to stay connected. Many of them achieve a position at companies as: Compagnie XY, TENT, Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize, Seven Fingers, Compañía de Circo EIA, Panama Pictures, Circus Ronaldo, Grensgeval, Collectif Sous le Manteau, Circ Bover, La June, Compañía de Circo “eia” Scapino Ballet, Boost and Circumstances/Piet Van Dycke.
Others are active as independent circus artists or started their own company, such as: Michael Zandl, Circus Katoen, Monki Business, Captain Sugar and the Monkey Puppets, Common Ground, The Nordic Council, Tall Tales Company, Compagnie Wurst, Knot on Hands, Plan-d, Company Trenina, Sinking Sideways, Company Trenina, Trio Tête-Bêche, Sawdust Symphony and Mariposa Ensemble.
To promote the future career Codarts Circus Arts invites network partners for festivals, residencies and foundations. Students are followed up during their studies and afterwards during their professional career by amongst others:
- Smells Like Circus, Gent (BE)
- circusnext, European circus Label
- Korzo Theater, Den Haag (NL)
- PERPLX, Marke (BE)
- Circostrada – European Network for contemporary circus and outdoor arts
- Fonds Podiumkunsten
- Circunstruction, Rotterdam (NL)
- Circusstad, Rotterdam (NL)
- Festival Circo Circolo, Tilburg (NL)
- Theater op de Markt , Pelt (BE)
- Young Stage Festival, Basel (CH)
Finally, we have alumni with positions at circus schools and youth circus institutions where they pass on their knowledge and skills to potential future circus arts students.
Alumni 2023-2024
Aisha Hetzel - Clara Köpf - Dimitri Landoz - Hedvig and Karin Brodén - Inés Fraile Bernabeu - Johanna Marie Küster - José Manuel Álvarez Serqueira - Lena Kautz -Lola Husson - Lotte Sterringa - Oscar Cartwright - Susana González Blanco - Alejandro Garcia Bustos
Benedikt Löffler - Malte Gerhardt - Fidel Rott - Joe Baker - Natalia Koskela - Lucas Chacón - Luise Hoffmann - Arvi Yrjölä
Jonas Bolliger - Aurélie Tercier - Jef Kinds - Lily Schlinker & Janick Kremer - Harvey Cobb - Fenja Barteldres - Hernane Oliveira Santos Jr - Batist van Baekel - Simon Granit Ossoinak – Meike Schnapper – Nicolai Untch – Jakob Vöckler – Ivar van Woenzel – Mathis Lorenz
Finn Waltersmann – Henri Kangas – Julia Gut – Kira Rabenstein – Laia Gómez-Iglesias – Manon Verplancke – Mara Procacci – Melody Nolan – Natasha Chauhan – Ona Vives – Raff Pringuet – Solomon River Sage – Susanna Paavola – Tobi Kämpfer – Yahel Retter
Alumni 2020
Christopher Mc Auley – Will Blenkin – Sirio Fernandez Rubio – Dries Vanwalle – Jonas Alich Jessica Hellmuth – Saana Tolonen – Xenia Bannuscher – Alžběta Tichá – Aleš Hrdlička – Hannah Lennox – Elena Damasio
Alumni 2019
Tijs Bastiaens – Johannes Böhringer- Lukas Brandl – Erin Burley – Annika Hemmerling – Kolja Huneck – Carina Klingsell – Mario Kunzi – Richi Martis – Elli Skourogianni – Britt Timmermans